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Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 50575

A telescope is passed into the kidney's collecting system through a small opening in the side, and the narrowed point where the kidney drains into the ureter is cut open to relieve the holdup. A stent is usually left across the area while it heals.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Telescope Surgery To Open A Blocked Kidney Outlet cost?

$2,150

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,150 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,259 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$891$692 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,259$1,000 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $891 to $11,749Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,715
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,259professional $891

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,023.29
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$11,748.98
Typical High
$23,442.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 11.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

New Mexico· 48th of 50

$2,150

$891 physician + $1,259 facility

IN $16,282WV $1,401

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.